"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant, and a fearful master."
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Monday, January 7, 2013

Real Disarmament Required

The FBI reports that 8.5 people are murdered with knives, blunt objects and bare hands for every one fatally shot with any type of rifle. So to be safe we obviously need to require not the elimination of assault rifles (which are but one undefined and undefinable rifle category) but real disarmament -- amputations . . . not necessarily of all arms as called for by extremists but just the more moderate mandatory removal of all those lethal hands, at least to start with. We can always move higher up and lop off more of those dangerous limbs later if necessary.

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A seasoned – meaning older than dirt — and usually bemused, observer of the passing scene, K.R. is often surprised, and occasionally angered by the antics of his fellow creatures. Kerr is a writer, private investor, independent businessman (for years did turnaround work, taking over failing businesses and restoring them to viability), defensive shooting and personal safety and security instructor/consultant, and a recovering attorney. Once head of a major law firm’s corporate practice, he currently restricts his legal work to matters that, or clients who for some reason interest him. More than a bit skeptical about the social utility of our legal system today, Kerr views most attorneys as beings whose souls died when they reached puberty although he treasures his contacts with the exceptions among them. In earlier incarnations, K.R. worked as a newspaper delivery boy, grocery store stockboy and bagger, assistant door-to-door salesman, construction worker (assistant roofer), commercial pilot, and newspaper reporter and editor. Kerr is an Eagle Scout and a combat veteran.

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